Minas Hantzidis (; born 4 July 1966) is a Greek former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He played for

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

, Iraklis,

Veria Veria (; ), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-nor ...

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in the year of 1880 by the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cr ...

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga from the 2023–24 2. Bundesliga, 2023–24 season following promotion from the 3. Liga ...

Union Solingen SG Union Solingen was a German association football club from Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The side can trace its roots back to an earlier ''Union Solingen'' club founded in 1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the d ...

, 1. FC Kleve, TSV 05 Ronsdorf and SpVgg Radevormwald, as well as for the national side. He competed at the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

Personal

Hantzidis has Greek descent, and his family is from

Platy, Imathia Platy () is a town and a municipality in eastern Imathia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandria, Greece#Municipality, Alexandreia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area ...

Honours

;Bayer Leverkusen *

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: 1987–88

International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hantzidis, Minas 1966 births Living people Greek men's footballers German people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Greece men's international footballers Super League Greece players Bundesliga players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players VfL Bochum players Olympiacos F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Veria F.C. players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players Wuppertaler SV players SV Elversberg players 1. FC Union Solingen players UEFA Europa League–winning players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 1994 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Essen People from Essen Greek expatriate sportspeople in Germany 20th-century Greek sportsmen